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will check the overflow for smells. we do have a front and rear air vent so have cross flow under the suspended floor but it is on the other side of the house so i'm not sure how much air floor i am getting under the wc and understairs cupboard?

Nope, just a skim coat on existing plaster Checked the water levels overnight and can't see any change!

Thanks for that, will check the water levels overnight. The house has the first floor in the roof space, and above the wc is just a small eaves void, no pipes of any sort and again is completely dry so no roof issues.

house is built c. 1900, solid stone walls, no cavity. the soil pipe runs under the suspended floor, and i can get access to the solum easily and its all dry, then out of the house. no dpc but there are no signs of amp, the ground level is low and runs away from the house. havent noticed...

Fixed back in march/April and all appears to be dry - I have easy access to under the wc floor and the solum looks completely dry and doesn't have a damp/musty smell, same with the inside of the external wall, part of which will be below ground level.

Bit of a continuing thread for me, but we did have some damp in a newly plaster wall in a downstairs wc - source of damp was broken guttering, which has been fixed. Plaster now completed dried out but cannot get rid of the musty smell that I would associate with damp. I have check under...

Was thinking about installing a reclaimed parquet floor onto a floor which is a traditional wooden suspended floor. Given the age of the house, and i think the floor boards are mostly original, is this is suitable surface to glue the parquet blocks to? Or should I be taking up the...

Yeah, already have some PVC softly, right height but it's a bit too thick and not sure how to get a decent finish on the external corner.

did i not mention the ladder :wink: it should have been 90mm but having measured it, its actually 120mm - the highest upstand i have found is 90mm any ideas?

Recently had a new shower installed and due to the run of the floor joists and depth for the drain, it had to be raised off the floor on a platform by c. 900mm. I cannot find any preformed plastic upstands to cover the timber platform as we appear to be higher than the average. Does anyone...

We have a slate hearth that has been marked by soot/water blowing down the chimney, prior to it having a cowl fitted. Someone had told me that i can bring back the surface finish using wd40 and wire wool - I obviously dont want to damage the surface any further! Does anyone have any other...

I need to replace a section of roof in an alley way to the side of the house, between the house wall and a garden wall. The area to be roofed is just over a metre wide by 3m long. Was planning to use exterior ply to make up the deck to create a flat roof and then roofing felt to cover...

I have a wooden kids playhouse, which was donated from a relative. Its a bit girly for my 2 boys, so I want to man it up a bit! Currently has a pitched roof, which i felted and was thinking of cutting a small window slot opening, so they can spy out of or a small hatch that they can pop...

paint is coming off to bare plaster, used some emulsion mixed with water (60/40). to be honest, I dont think the wall had completely dried out when i painted but it is now. I am slightly concerned that any new emulsion will not adhere to the existed vinyl?

Recently used vinyl silk to paint newly plastered Walls, although had mist coated them first. We then had a leak from the gutter on the ouside wall and some damp staining as a result so I stripped off the pint on the damp wall. All dried out but the paint, in part, can be stripped off the...

Just finished a sleeper wall, about 2ft high, which when finished will retain a patio. Use 4 ft 4x4 fence posts behind, so half concreted in to the ground and used external coach screws tocfis the spleepers in place. I fixed through the front of the sleepers as I wanted the head of the...

Ready to lay my new patio after preparing the site with hardcore and compacting. Slightly astonished at the cost of paving slabs though! Does anyone know of a good source around Edinburgh or that can deliver to Edinburgh? have been looking at natural sandstone - have seen the ebay...

there is a company that manufacture double glazed units that will fit in most sash and casement windows - cant recall the name of the firm but google should find it. I am sure they were based in or around Edinburgh but cover the UK (i think) as they appeared on a Grand Design down south!

macdonald, just had a read over your website - very good - very impressive finish on your extension. just had an extension built last year, whic hwas phase 1 and am contenplating getting more involved in phase 2, which will be a single storey extension to the small kitchen we presently have...

picutre of the internal side of the wall - looks completely dry and doesnt feel wet. externally the wall is completely dry, no water staining, gutters all renewed so working properly and the ground runs away from the house. one thing i didn't point out is that this is in an internal room...